Senior Security Specialist Jobs in the South East

Senior Security Specialist
England > South East

The median Senior Security Specialist salary in the South East is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Specialist 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.024% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £92,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £66,250 £66,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.38% +1.54% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 15,768 13,202 19,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 90.39% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,324 8,288 12,502
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Senior Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Security Specialist in the South East

Senior Security Specialist
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Security Specialist in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior Security Specialist in the South East

Senior Security Specialist
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Security Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley - 4 £90,000 -
Berkshire - 2 £90,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 - -
Senior Security Specialist
England

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Senior Security Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Senior Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Automotive
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (25.00%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (25.00%) tcpdump
2 1 (25.00%) Splunk
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms

Senior Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (25.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Hadoop
General
1 2 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (25.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk